Down 2-0 after the second period, with just three shots on goal to show for those 20 minutes, the Ducks bombarded Predators standout goalie Pekka Rinne with 15 shots in the third, tying the score and taking the lead in a 35-second span.

“You’d think at this point of the year we’d learn from it, but our effort in the third period – if we play like that, we’re a very difficult team to handle,” Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler said after scoring the final goal on a power-shot through traffic.

Takeaway No. 1: Message sent.

How little do the Predators want any part of the Ducks after losing for not only the eighth time in 10 games overall, but falling to 1-8 against Anaheim since 2012?

“We’re trying to just maintain. It’s another win against a good team, we take confidence from that,” Getzlaf said. “We’ve got to keep getting better, play a little better defensively.”

Takeaway No. 2: Lesson learned.

No one flexed their muscle in the third like big Ducks forward Patrick Maroon, who was a healthy scratch in Minnesota on Friday when Matt Beleskey returned from a shoulder injury and had gone 11 games without a point.

On Sunday, Maroon had a secondary assist to set up Getzlaf’s first goal and the primary assist on Fowler’s capper. Maroon now has a career-high 30 points.